Publications & Resources

Academic freedom-related reports, guidelines, scholarly works and other resources by Scholars at Risk and its partners

Free to Think 2016

Free to Think 2016 is the second installment in SAR’s reporting of attacks on higher education communities, analyzing more than 150 reported attacks on higher education communities in 35 countries, from May 1, 2015 to September 1, 2016. “In the

Principles of State Responsibility to Protect Higher Education from Attack

In 2014, the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) developed and sought wide recognition of a statement of Principles of State Responsibility to Protect Higher Education from Attack. The primary purpose of the Principles is not to create

Education Under Attack 2014

“Education Under Attack 2014” identifies 70 countries where attacks occurred between 2009 and 2013, including 30 where there was a pattern of deliberate attacks.

Institutional Autonomy and the Protection of Higher Education from Attack

A research study of the Higher Education Working Group of the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack

Intellectual-HRDs and claims for academic freedom under human rights law

This article argues that existing human rights law would sustain claims for violations of academic freedom as independently and interdependently derived from the rights to freedom of opinion and expression and the right to education. This article argues that including

Lessons in War 2015: Military Use of Schools and Universities during Armed Conflict

GCPEA study that identifies cases of military use in 26 countries spread across four continents between 2005 and 2015.

Free to Think: a Report of the Academic Freedom Monitoring Project

The culmination of four years of monitoring and analysis by SAR staff and researchers around the world, the report analyzes 333 attacks on higher education communities in 65 countries from January 2011 to May 2015, demonstrating the pressing need to

2014 Global Congress Report

Summary of highlights and key suggestions from SAR's 2014 Global Congress in Amsterdam

Courage to Think Monologues

Based on the real lives of scholars assisted by Scholars at Risk Network members and partners, these are the stories of people who have had the courage to keep thinking, questioning, writing, teaching, publishing and sharing ideas, despite grave

The University and the Nation

An international dialogue on safeguarding higher education in Tunisia and beyond